Cabinet



N0. 6l3,094. Patented Oct. 25, I898.

I. L. UNTEBBRINK.

CABINET.

(Application filed mm.v 1 1, 1898.) N o M o d e l .J

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ANITED FFICE.

IGNATIUS L. UNTERBRINK, OF BOTKINS, OI-IIO, ASSIGN OF ONE-HALF TO OYRENIUS A. LAYTON, OF VVAPAKONETA, OHIO.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 613,094, dated October 25, 1898.

Application filed January 11, 1898. Serial No. 666 ,286. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IGNATIUS L. UNTER- BRINK, of Botkins, in the county of Shelby and State of Ohio, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Cabinets, of which the fol-lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to cases and cabinets for professional and business uses; and it has for its object to provide for the ready alphabetical indexing of professional and business correspondence, official blanks and documents, important news-clippings, paragraphs, articles, chapters, and pages in library volumes, class-room gleanings, business details, (be.

A further object of the invention is to lessen the daily frictions and inconveniences of the professional man, the business man, and the student.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, andpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of'this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved cabinet closed. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the cabinet opened. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cabinet, and Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1.

The top and bottom of the stationary portion of the casing of the cabinet are of like formation and preferably consist of a main or polygonal section A and a rectangular side section A. The top and bottom of the polygonal section A are connected by suitable vertical panels B. In the rectangular portion A of the casing a box-section B is mounted, the said section being provided with trunnions 13 at the top and at the bottom, entering the top and bottom sections of the casin g. The box-section B is open at one side, as shown in Fig. 2, and is divided into any desired number of compartments 11 by means of partitions 10, which are preferably horizontally disposed and are removable from the said box-casing.

A door 14 forms part of one side of the box- .right-hand side of the compartment.

casing 13, and when the box-casing is turned so as to bring the open or front portion opposite the polygonal section of the casing, as shown in Fig. 4, the door 14 will close an opening in the polygonal section of the casing, formed by omitting one of the panels B, the opening disclosed by the omitted panel being clearly shown in Fig. 2.

An upright 12 is shown fixed within the polygonal section of the casing, adjacent to the rectangular section A, the upright 12 being at the left-hand side of the opening closed by the door 14, as shown in Fig. 4. One half of the letters of the alphabet are produced upon the upright 12, the other half of the letters of the alphabet being produced upon a second upright 12, also secured in the polygonal section of the casing, but at the right-hand side of the opening closed by the door 14, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The letters are so placed upon the uprights 12 and 12 that when the door 14 is opened the letters may be readily observed.

A revolving cabinet 0 is mounted in the polygonal section A of the casing, and this cabinet is preferably circular in cross-section,.consisting of an inner circular wall 15, which extends from the top to the bottom, and the cabinet is divided into a number of receptacles O by means of vertical partitions 16 and transverse partitions 16. Aletter of the alphabet on each of the uprights 12 and 12 is opposite each horizontal row of receptacles Cas, for example, the letter A appears adjacent to the upper horizontal row of receptacles, and likewise the letter N -and the letter A will serve to index all of the receptacles in the upper row, as will likewise the letter N. In fact, each compartment G will be indexed by two main index-letters, one at each side. Thus the documents indicated by the letter on the left-hand upright 12 would be at the left-hand side of the com partment C, while the documents indicated by the letter on the upright 12 would be at the This indexing arrangement is preferred since the number of compartments may thus be lessened and each compartment may be sufficiently large to hold documents indexed under two letters.

The shaft 17, to which the revolving cabinet 0 is attached, extends from the bottom to the top of the polygonal section of the casing and through and beyond the bottom of the said casing, the shaft being provided at its lower end with an attached pinion l8,engaged by the teeth of a segmental rack 19, the rack being attached to an arm 20, pivoted by a pin 21 on the bottom of the casing-section A, the arm extending out at the front of the cabinet, and the outer end of the arm is adapted to receive a handle 22, and by means of this handle the arm carrying the segment 19 may be moved, so as to cause the cabinet 0 to turn in the desired direction.

The letters of the alphabet, twenty-six in number, are produced at the top and at the bottom of the revolving cabinet, as shown at 28 and 29 in Fig. 2, a letter being placed adjacent to the end of each vertical row of receptacles O. In the event, for example, a document is to be filed, the writers name being James Black, the revolving cabinet 0 would be turned until the letter J at the top and at the bottom of the said cabinet is brought, for example, fully in sight at the opening normally closed by the door 14, and in the receptacle at the junction of the vertical column designated J and the horizontal line of receptacles designated by B and O the document would be filed and placed at the side of the receptacle nearest the letter B, the letters at the top and bottom of the vertical column indicating the initial of the Christian name and the letters belonging to the horizontal grouping of receptacles designating the initial letter of the surname. Under such an arrangement it is evident that the filing of documents may be readily and accurately accomplished, and they may be located conveniently at any time.

Practically each compartment is provided with an index-letter at each side and at the top and at the bottom.

Adjacent to the uncovered portion at the front of the cabinet-casing a panel is constructed with a central section 23, capable of dropping downward to form a writing tablet or table, as shown in Fig. 2. I This drop-section is hinged to the fixed portion of the cabinet-casing and is provided with a suitable knob and a lock, and on the outer face of this drop-section 23 a leg 24 is pivoted, the said leg being preferably U-shaped as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and when the drop-section of the casing has been brought to the position enabling it to be used as a desk the leg 24 will have bearing upon keepers 25, located on the fixed section of the casing below the drop or desk section. The cabinet casing is mounted upon suitable rollers 26, and a bracket 30 is pivoted at the top of the cabinet-casing, adapted to hold a lamp in such position that it will throw light on the entire front portion of the cabinet.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cabinet comprising an outer casing, a rotating holder within the same arranged about a vertical axis and having vertical and horizontal series of compartments, horizontally-projecting supports at the top and bottom of the casing, a vertical box-section with compartments having vertical trunnions at top and bottom carried by said supports, said box-section being arranged to close in one side of the main casing substantially as shown and described.

2. A cabinet comprising an outer main casing with a vertical opening for a door, a 1'0- tatin g box-section offset to one side of the main casing and having a door attached to the same but adapted to close the opening in the outer main casing substantially as shown and described.

IGNATIUS L. UN TERBRINK. l/Vitnesses:

F. M. HORN, MARGUERITE B. LAYTON. 

